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On the surjectivity of weighted Gaussian maps

Algebraic Geometry 2013-09-09 v3

Abstract

We study the surjectivity of suitable weighted Gaussian maps which provide a natural generalization of the standard Gaussian maps and encode the local geometry of the locus of curves endowed with a higher root of the canonical bundle having associated linear system of dimension at least r + 1. In particular, we get a bound on the dimension of its Zariski tangent space, which turns out to be sharp in the special case r = 0. Finally, we describe this locus in the case of complete intersection curves.

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@article{arxiv.1306.0787,
  title  = {On the surjectivity of weighted Gaussian maps},
  author = {Edoardo Ballico and Letizia Pernigotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.0787},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Revised version, 8 pages, to appear on Rend. Mat. Circ. Palermo (2)